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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Just a quick post to share the Father's Day cards for my DS and DSIL. They were inspired by the post by Adrienne here and I have to say that these CTMH Jackson papers are so gorgeous that I was spoiled for choice. Enable me anytime, Adrienne!

Friday, October 31, 2014

When I sewed clothes for myself and the DDs, I did not ever think twice about changing the fabric, adding extra embellishments or changing the neckline so WHY do I feel so guilty about messing with the designs from Mary at SVG Cuts, or Ashley at 3DCuts, the Make-It-Now projects or even the layouts and designs from the CTMH carts? I am, after all, just buying the pattern like I did when I bought a Butterick, or Style or Vogue dress pattern, right?

This question was nagging at me as I made S's card and gift card holder from the Artfully Sent cart. I love pop up cards and felt this Halloween scene was a great start but needed a little extra something like stars, a bat and an orange liner behind the windows.

I used my Technique Tuesday zipper die to make the pocket that conceals the Target gift card.

Here's the front: -

And a picture of Master J's fabulous dinosaur socks! He's going to be sorry he ever insisted on being in the blog when I show these posts to his girlfriends in 20 years time! LOL!

Thanks for visiting with me today. Time to get ready to Trick or Treat! : ) Christine

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

This stamp came with my latest batch of CTMH goodies last week. I love it! I instantly thought of the Colors of Fall challenge over at CardzTV and here is my card.

Did you know you can run little pieces of metal through the Cuttlebug? I 'm probably the last crafter in the U.S. to find this out but I love the embossed results. Gonna try this on a Christmas card as soon as I can get the chaos in my craft room straightened!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

I am the Queen of banners having made over a hundred (very simple) name banners for my students' birthdays! However, I haven't made very many banners for adults so I was really looking forward to embellishing and maybe over-embellishing, a banner for my sister.

I chose the CTMH paper from my Laughing Lola pack for the base and cut the pennants from the Cricut cart - Pretty Pennants. You've probably heard this before, but the CTMH paper cuts like the proverbial butter! It really does!

Unfortunately, when I got the letters of her name pop dotted on the pennants, the matching papers were so pretty, the intended bling-fest came to a screeching halt. Sigh! So here it is, plain but pretty. Hope she likes it! Thanks for visiting with me today! : ) Christine

Sunday, August 11, 2013

I found time to play with my new CTMH goodies today! It has been a loooong time since I made a stamped card and there was a lot of trial and error involved in getting the images kinda, sorta the way I wanted them. Here it is! Thanks for visiting today. : ) Christine